Comments for Ein bisschen Schreiben

Comment on In Lambeth at the Southwark Playhouse by Clara

Clara — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 13:33:50 +0000

“.displaying the odd bout of childlike wonderment and eagerness when playing with his new toy in form of a late 18th century intercontinental revolutionist..” – tehee

Sounds a bit tame all in all, indeed. Shame.
Would have loved to see the set design!

PS: The woman does all the work, while the men drink and talk – psh!

Comment on Cheek by Jowl’s Ubu Roi by annegret

annegret — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 17:19:47 +0000

I didn’t think it set out to explore a real world political framework. To me it seemed like a study of how surface and inner (hidden) moral decay interlink. The camera was a device to break up the surface, to go deeper, reveal the “shit”. I think the original play text is ALL politics so I admired the extra spin we got by it being applied to the bourgeois setting. Think of how political personas frame themselves as squeaky clean – so uprooting this and giving us this contrast is a very political angle, I feel. Maybe I’m reading too much into it?
For me the only moment that didn’t work was where Ubu addressed the audience in the banker scene. It didn’t sit quite right within the overall concept but I didn’t mind it much.

Comment on Cheek by Jowl’s Ubu Roi by Aleksandra Sakowska

Aleksandra Sakowska — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 11:49:28 +0000

I thought it was a great adaptation but there was not enough political bite and it was not scary enough. And the ending should have been with the teenage son pointing his camera at us, it is a a very poignant moment and breaching the fourth wall at that moment is simply genius because we cannot feel comfortable anymore as an audience. See my review here http://playstosee.com/page.php?sad=play&id=1963 – what do you think?